Campos Letícia Nunes, Naus Abbie, Rangel Ayla Gerk, Brandão Gabriela Rangel, Faria Isabella, Pierre Tayana Assomptia Jean, Freire Camila Verônica Souza, Schlindwein Sofia Schmitt, Feres Brenda, Wagemaker Sofia, Salgado Lucas Sousa, Ferreira Roseanne, Ferreira Júlia Loyola
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade de Pernambuco, Rua Arnóbio Marquês, 310, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Harvard Medical School, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Boston, MA, USA.
World J Surg. 2023 Apr;47(4):845-853. doi: 10.1007/s00268-022-06872-8. Epub 2023 Jan 1.
Inequitable representation in journal editorial boards may impact women's career progression across surgical, anesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) specialties. However, data from Latin America are lacking. We evaluated women's representation on editorial boards of Latin America SAO journals in 2021.
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis, retrieving journals through Scimago Journal and Country Rank 2020. Journals were included if active, focused on SAO topics, and publicly provided information on editorial board staff. Editorial board member names and positions were extracted from journals' websites. Members were classified into senior (e.g., editor-in-chief), academic (e.g., reviewer), and non-academic roles (e.g., administrative office). Women's representation was predicted from first names using Genderize.io. The number of women SAO physicians per country was obtained from articles and governmental reports.
We included 19 of 25 identified journals and analyzed 1,318 names. Three anesthesiology, seven obstetric, and nine surgical journals represented five Latin American countries. Women held 17% (224/1,318) of board positions [p < 0.0001; 95% CI(0.14, 0.19)]. Women held fewer academic roles (14.3%, 155/1,084) compared to senior [28.9%, 64/221 (p < 0.001)] and non-academic roles [38.4%, 5/13 (p = 0.042)]. Surgical journals had fewer women (7.7%, 58/752) compared to anesthesia [25.5%, 52/204 (p = 0.006)] and obstetrics [31.5%, 114/362 (p < 0.001)]. Women's proportion on editorial boards increased according to the number of women SAO physicians per country (p < 0.001).
Our study assessed the composition of editorial boards from Latin America SAO journals and demonstrated that women remain underrepresented. Our findings highlight the need for regional strategies to advance women's careers across SAO specialties.
期刊编辑委员会中代表性不平等可能会影响女性在外科、麻醉和产科（SAO）专业领域的职业发展。然而，拉丁美洲缺乏相关数据。我们评估了2021年拉丁美洲SAO期刊编辑委员会中女性的代表性。
我们进行了一项横断面分析，通过Scimago期刊与国家排名2020检索期刊。如果期刊活跃、专注于SAO主题且公开提供编辑委员会人员信息，则将其纳入。从期刊网站提取编辑委员会成员的姓名和职位。使用Genderize.io根据名字预测成员的性别。每个国家女性SAO医生的数量从文章和政府报告中获取。
我们纳入了25种已识别期刊中的19种，并分析了1318个名字。其中有三本麻醉学期刊、七本产科学期刊和九本外科学期刊，代表了五个拉丁美洲国家。女性占据了17%（224/1318）的委员会职位[p < 0.0001；95%置信区间(0.14, 0.19)]。与高级职位[28.9%，64/221（p < 0.001）]和非学术职位[38.4%，5/13（p = 0.042）]相比，女性担任的学术职位较少（14.3%，155/1084）。与麻醉学期刊[25.5%，52/204（p = 0.006）]和产科学期刊[31.5%，114/362（p < 0.001）]相比，外科学期刊中的女性较少（7.7%，58/752）。编辑委员会中女性的比例根据每个国家女性SAO医生的数量而增加（p < 0.001）。
我们的研究评估了拉丁美洲SAO期刊编辑委员会的组成，结果表明女性的代表性仍然不足。我们的研究结果凸显了制定区域战略以促进女性在SAO各专业领域职业发展的必要性。
